NFL owners voted to adopt the same overtime rules for the regular season that are used for the postseason.

The team that loses the overtime coin toss is now guaranteed a possession provided the opposing club does not score a touchdown on its opening drive.

The NFL instituted the postseason overtime rule during the 2010 offseason following the 2009 NFC Championship Game between Minnesota and New Orleans. The Saints won the overtime coin toss and drove for the game-winning field goal on their first possession.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and members of the NFL's competition committee believed too many teams were enjoying an unfair advantage by winning the overtime coin toss and proceeding to score without the coin-toss loser receiving at least one possession.

The NFL also voted Wednesday to make review of turnovers by the instant replay booth automatic rather than requiring head coaches to use one of their two challenges.

Reviewable plays include interceptions, fumbles, backward passes recovered by an opponent or those that travel out of bounds through an opponent's end zone.

A rule proposal advocating that all challenged calls get reviewed by the replay booth rather than the on-field referee did not pass a vote by the league's owners.